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June 26, 2007
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Elects 2007-2008 Officers and Board
Kennedy Space Center, FL — The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation is proud to announce the members of its 2007-2008 Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.
Leading the Board of Directors as Chairman for a third year is Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden. Assisting him as Vice Chairman is Shuttle astronaut Robert Crippen. Attorney Michael Neukamm will again serve as Treasurer/Secretary and Linn LeBlanc will continue to serve as Executive Director. In these roles, they will continue to guide the next generation of leaders in science and engineering by providing scholarships for America's best and brightest students.
Board of Directors members include: two ASF founders, Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter and Mercury and Shuttle astronaut John Glenn; Gemini and Apollo astronauts Dick Gordon and James Lovell; Apollo astronauts Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke and Edgar Mitchell; Skylab and Shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott; Shuttle astronauts Dan Brandenstein and Rick Hauck; Astronaut Scholars Larry Bradley and Lisa Schott; and Dr. Al Miller, who also chairs the Scholarship Committee.
Chairing the 2007-2008 Board of Trustees is Laura Shepard-Churchley, daughter of Mercury and Apollo astronaut Alan Shepard. Serving alongside her are: LeVar Burton, Gene Cernan, Suzi Cooper, Walter Cronkite, Bill Dana, Tom Hanks, Henri Landwirth, James L. Long, Don Ricci, Harrison Schmitt, Bobbie Slayton and Gen. Thomas Stafford.
Both groups will help guide the Foundation as it pursues its mission of providing scholarships for the very best and brightest engineering and science students in America. The members will serve a one-year term, until May 2008, when new elections will take place.
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation is a 501 (c)(3)non-profit organization established in 1984 by the six surviving members of America's original Mercury astronauts. Its goal is to aid the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for exceptional college students pursuing degrees in these fields. The Foundation funds nineteen $10,000 scholarships annually and has awarded $2.5 million to 226 students nationwide.